Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, commanding the RAF squadrons on Malta, climbs away in his own personal Supermarine Spitfire Mk V, after a ceremony to mark the opening of Malta's new airfield at Safi, May 1943. Frame:none looking up)

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British paratroops inside a C-47 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy-held Holland

The tour lasted from 20 August - 18 December 1969

An Airco DH2 taking off from Vert Galand airfield in ealy 1916

ATS spotter with binoculars at the anti-aircraft command post

Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, commanding the RAF squadrons on Malta, climbs away in his own personal Supermarine Spitfire Mk V, after a ceremony to mark the opening of Malta's new airfield at Safi, May 1943. Frame:none looking up)Air Vice Marshal Park, climbs away in his own personal Supermarine Spitfire Mark V, after his ceremonial take off to mark the opening of Malta's new airfield at Safi. He is watched by RAF personnel, Basuto and Mauritian Troops and Maltese civilian workers